Torrey,
If I am reading the Madison Police Departments traffic enforcement
report from the last PBMVC meeting right, there were approximately 1800
tickets for Stop & Go violations. I think this is the category for red
light running. Arthur, is this correct?
At 11:20 PM -0500 7/18/1, Torrey Nelson wrote:
>I almost got ran over while crossing via my bike on that intersection a few
>years ago. In that case it was a west bound car.
>
>Does anybody know how many red light running tickets are issued each year
>by the
>police department?
>
>Torrey
>
>Jody McIntyre wrote:
>
>> While I am thinking of it, I notice an VERY high incidence of east-bound red
>> light running at the corner of Williamson and Riverside Drive. My husband
>> has noticed this, too. It is truly appalling. Apparently these drivers
>> assume that because there is no major street crossing this intersection
>> (other than the Isthmus Bike Path to the left), that they can run through
>> this light with wild abandon. This is more than just pushing the yellow,
>> too. I am not sure why this is nearly always east-bound traffic pulling
>> this stunt. My theory is they are gunning for the two-lane one way on
>> Eastwood Drive to shine up on their NASCAR skills.
>>
>> I know...report it on the TEST site. Will do. Just thought I'd give people
>> a safety heads up.
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